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woo me with science

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10. It seems to be the new industry:
Sun Nov 16, 2014, 09:22 AM
Nov 2014

Working on making these "others" profitable:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5817954



[font size=3]Poor minorities are worthless to corporations on the street. In prison they can bring in $40,000/yr
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023368969
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Poor Land in Jail as Companies Add Huge Fees for Probation
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014158005

The Caging of America - Why do we lock up so many people
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002226110

The Obama administration is aggressively growing private prisons
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022568681

Obama's 2013 budget: One area of marked growth, the prison industrial complex
http://sync.democraticunderground.com/1002392306

Obama selects the owner of a private prison consulting firm as the new Director of the United States Marshals Service (USMS)
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2010/12/mars-d03.html

Private prison corporations move up on list on federal contractors, receiving BILLIONS
http://www.nationofchange.org/president-obama-s-incarcernation-1335274655

Federal Private Prison Populations Grew by 784% in 10 Year Span
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4362184

Prison Labor Booms As Unemployment Remains High; Companies Reap Benefits
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/prison-labor_n_2272036.html

Private Prison Corporation's Letters to Shareholders Reveal Industry's Tactics: Profiting from Human Incarceration
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022665091



Financial growth of private prison industry...Profiting from caging humans.

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We heard about private prisons...but do you know of the private probation industry?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025380204

NYT: Probation Fees Rise, Firms Profit and the Poor Go to Jail
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002893040

No Safe Place: How Cities Are Making It Illegal to be Homeless
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101699724

Thrown in jail for being poor: the booming for-profit probation industry
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024603515

The exploitation of Ferguson I: In 2013 the town issued over 24,000 arrest warrants..
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025404667

The exploitation of Ferguson II: The Seamy Underbelly Of Ferguson Starts To Appear
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025416747

The exploitation of Ferguson III: Ferguson Feeds Off the Poor: Three Warrants a Year Per Household
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025428157
As I'm learning JustAnotherGen Nov 2014 #1
what a great idea. nt xchrom Nov 2014 #3
Yes. What a great idea. midnight Nov 2014 #4
You know xchrom JustAnotherGen Nov 2014 #7
You truly are a wonderful soul theHandpuppet Nov 2014 #17
You underscore the importance of Skidmore Nov 2014 #6
So true! JustAnotherGen Nov 2014 #8
It is unfortunate that so many prefer Skidmore Nov 2014 #9
Have you looked into solar cookers? IDemo Nov 2014 #30
Making money off everything. Turbineguy Nov 2014 #2
It seems to be the new industry: woo me with science Nov 2014 #10
Excellent post packman Nov 2014 #15
In the future this will probably shift Turbineguy Nov 2014 #21
overlooking the business opportunities in waste and redistribution reddread Nov 2014 #28
I wonder if putting a referendum on ballots across midnight Nov 2014 #5
you already have free speech reddread Nov 2014 #12
Horribly cynical. blackspade Nov 2014 #11
As Americans have a love affair with often electing sociopaths into office, this trend RKP5637 Nov 2014 #13
Yes, they created by their votes the government we all have to survive their hateful attitudes. freshwest Nov 2014 #22
And what most Americans can't get through their thick heads is they are in the group they RKP5637 Nov 2014 #25
This reminds me of the lines in that song by the Band logosoco Nov 2014 #14
Food banks are very vulnerable if this trend continues riderinthestorm Nov 2014 #16
Another example of "The Meaning of America." calimary Nov 2014 #18
"21 cities have imposed measures to restrict people from sharing food with the needy in public." CrispyQ Nov 2014 #19
It's in the government's TBF Nov 2014 #20
The "fake public space" thing creeps me out. Northern Virginia is full of it Recursion Nov 2014 #23
Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Nov 2014 #24
K&R woo me with science Nov 2014 #26
I wondering if we could begin a program yeoman6987 Nov 2014 #27
absolutely not reddread Nov 2014 #29
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